- Based at Royal NZ Police College or Police National Head Quarters Wellington
- Police Employee/ Constabulary
- Permanent– Full Time
- NAV
- JR 5116288
E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā.
Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face
Mō te tūnga | About the role
The purpose of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) group is to work in partnership with the rest of the organisation to provide digital technology and communications solutions that support excellence in policing and service delivery and enable Police’s strategic ambitions.
With a primary hub in Wellington, and a presence throughout the country, we deliver new and enhanced solutions directly and through specialist vendor partnerships. We provide expert advice on how technology can be leveraged to support Police’s strategies and turn concepts into reality through collaborative development.
The Technical Product Owner is a key member of a product development team. They are responsible for managing the product backlog and overseeing the development of products from start to finish to ensure they meet the customers’ needs and priority. They determine the overall vision of their product(s), in accordance with the customers’ future needs.
Opportunities like this do not come along often. We are seeking a proven technology leader who will make a real difference in shaping the future of our mission critical infrastructure. You will join our platforms group and work across our wider networks and infrastructure team to unlock our technology ambitions and lead an integrated approach to delivering hybrid hosting environments at Police.
We seek someone with strong experience in integrated hybrid technology environments at both leadership and engineering levels. You will bring strong technical capability to lead our modernisation efforts bringing new ideas to our ways of working and take pride in growing the capability of people around you.
- The technologies that you will provide to your customers as Technical Product Owner, Core Platforms include: Container/Kubernetes compute (Openshift)
- Cloud Infrastructure Public/Private (Azure, AWS, CCL)
- Virtualisation platforms (Vmware & OpenShift Virtualisation)
- Platform enabled DevOps engineering support
- Automation, orchestration and platform tooling
The Core Platforms team are responsible for all foundational infrastructure platforms that run many critical Police systems. You will lead a diverse engineering resource with a strong focus on modernisation and through this enable our wider ICT teams to deliver value faster. Our platforms are constantly evolving, and we are currently investing in a significant step change. We seek someone who can drive the vision to deliver reliable, resilient, observable, secure and cost-effective outcomes to the business.
If you are someone who has proven ability to mentor technical teams, drive new technology and infuse new ways of working then this role is for you. You will be comfortable leading a range of technical engineering resources spanning Infrastructure, DevOps, and Site Reliability engineers. This is a chance to make your mark in an area that is on a modernisation journey.
The Technical Product Owner will track key performance indicators for their products to measure the success, including user engagement and customer satisfaction, identify areas for improvement and make data-driven decisions about future product development. They manage the delivery of maintenance/sustainment, break/fix and enhancements. This usually occurs through a flow to work team assigned from the Centres of Expertise, or through vendors. Where roles exist that specialise in a single product, these may be direct reports.
The Technical Product Owner provides day-to-day delivery leadership to the product team, including the tasking of responsibilities and feedback to Practice Leads on the delivery performance of people within their product team. They also provide advice and feedback to Practice Managers to support the ongoing development of the required technical capability and capacity to meet customer demand.
Additionally, the Technical Product Owner will communicate and collaborate with stakeholders, customers, and the development team to ensure that the product backlog is aligned with business goals and objectives. Where a product includes a development team, they will work with the development team to ensure that user stories are properly defined, estimated, and planned for each sprint, and participate in sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives to provide feedback and guidance to the development team.
Our Technical Product Owner roles carry the same position description across our products, and we are seeking to build a team that is flexible by design. For this vacancy, we are seeking someone with technical skills and broad infrastructure experience to complement our existing Technical Product Owners. Noting that product composition and assignment might change over time, where skillsets align.
This role will lead a team of direct reports and will work closely with other Technical Product Managers and our architecture team to create roadmaps and lead change to drive the adoption of modern infrastructure and engineering practices at Police.
Key Accountabilities:
The key accountability of the Technical Product Owner role is to be the technical conduit between the customer, the product manager, and the product team.
- Proven ability and product knowledge in this product area to be able to provide technical leadership and guidance to the team,
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with other cross-functional teams,
- Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders, customers, and the product team to ensure that the product backlog is aligned with business goals and objectives,
- Strong planning and organising skills, including knowledge of Agile practices, to provide feedback and guidance to the product team,
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with people at all levels of an organisation,
- Ability to lead and manage a team of highly skilled, technical experts in this field.
He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring
Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.
To be successful an applicant would need to demonstrate a number of the following skills to various levels of expertise:
- A technical understanding or appreciation for this product or function,
- The use and future technical direction of travel related to this product or function,
- Experience leading teams that include 3rd parties as well as internal resources,
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, principles, and practices – particularly why and how these technologies are used,
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills,
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills,
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements
This role is based in the Wellington area. Some travel may be required.
This role is set at Strategic Leader level, this means your key purpose is “to lead tactics for Our Business and enable people to deliver them”.
To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:
https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/03-2024/technical_product_owner_3.pdf
Mo tātou | About us
New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.
Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.
The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.
To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:
Applicant Information Pack (External)
Tono ināianei | Apply now
If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.
For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers
All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted directly via email. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.
